What should I do if my rabbit is bloated?
Because the rabbit’s stomach is relatively fragile, it is easy to have stomach bloating due to improper feeding by the owner, and serious problems such as gastroenteritis may occur. Therefore, when the owner finds that the rabbit is flatulence, he should stop feeding in time to prevent the symptoms of flatulence from becoming more serious; if he is worried about the rabbit’s physical condition during the fasting period, the owner can feed timothy grass or gastrointestinal probiotics to the rabbit to accelerate its gastrointestinal motility. , which helps to solve the problem of flatulence in rabbits faster.
If the flatulence is caused by accumulated food, you should guide the rabbit to drink more water, so that the accumulated food in the rabbit’s stomach can be moistened and help the rabbit to expel the accumulated food from the body. The owner can also massage the rabbit’s belly, and massage two or three fingers together in a clockwise circle on the belly to increase the rabbit’s gastrointestinal motility, so that the gas or accumulated food in the belly can be slowly discharged. Note: When massaging the rabbit, be gentle, as too much force will cause the rabbit to feel pain and then struggle away.
How to prevent bloating in rabbits?
1. Control diet: when the owner feeds the rabbit on a daily basis, the daily intake of the rabbit should be appropriately reduced according to the daily meal volume of the rabbit, and it should be fed regularly every day. Feeding, we must strictly follow the pet-raising principle of “small amount and many times, on time and quantitative”.
2. Increase the amount of exercise: After the rabbit has eaten for two hours or when the owner has time to play with the rabbit, he should be released from the cage and let it walk and run, so as to achieve The purpose of consuming energy in the rabbit’s body is to avoid flatulence due to accumulated food.
3. Feeding probiotics: The owner can also add an appropriate amount of gastrointestinal probiotics to the daily diet for the rabbit to help him regulate his stomach. Appeared.
Warm reminder: If the rabbit has been in a state of stomach bloating, and it is not relieved after taking treatment measures, it is recommended that the owner take the rabbit to the pet hospital in time for professional advice. A veterinarian examines the body for other abnormalities, and then begins treatment.
